Most People in the Most Rural Counties Get Medicare Coverage from Traditional Medicare

(By Jeannie Fuglesten Biniek, Meredith Freed, Nolan Sroczynski, and Tricia Neuman for The Kaiser Family Foundation Published: Apr 10, 2025)

Enrollment in Medicare Advantage, the private plan alternative to traditional Medicare, has grown steadily over the past decade, and since 2023, more than half of all eligible Medicare beneficiaries have been enrolled in Medicare Advantage. The rapid transformation of the Medicare program to a system that is largely administered by private companies has been less pronounced in places where Medicare Advantage has a smaller presence, such as in rural counties, especially those that are far from metropolitan areas. Continue reading here…

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